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. 4 N. w. GODFREY WATER PROOF JOURNAL BEARING.

Patented Apr. 8, 1884.

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NICHOLAS XV. GODFREY, OF NORTHPORT, NEW YORK.

WATER-PROOF JOURNAL-BEAFHNG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,554, dated April 8, 1884.

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4 To (til whom it may eoncer'nr Be it known that I, N. W. GODFREY, of Northport, in the county of Suffolk and State of New York, have invented a new and use .ful Improvement in ater-Proof Journal- Bearings, of which the following is a full. clear, and exact description, reference being had to the annexed drawings, forming part of this specification.

- The object of myinvention is to protect the journais of shafting in excavators and other machinery which requires to be immersed in water from contact with water or sand; and the invention consists of the novel construction hereinafter descrihedand claimed.

1n the drawings, Figure l is a longitudinal section of my improved journal-bearing, and Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same 011 line as a: of Fig. 1, both views showing a portion of the shafting.

A indicates a socket-hearing, which is to be supported in any suitable framework, and B is thejournal of a shaft. The socket-bearing is provided with a Babbitt or other antifrietion lining, G, closed in by a packing-ring of flexible material, D,which is secured and compressed by a washerplate of metal, E, that is socket-bearing A, having plug F, the lining O, the flexible packing-ring D, closing in said lining, and the washer E, secured to the end of the socket-bearing, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

NICHOLAS XV. GODFREY.

YVitnesses:

EDGAR TATE, ALFRED H. DAVIS. 

